Re: [PATCH] config: Add 'make kvmconfig'

Sasha Levin
2011-10-27T19:48:26Z

On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 23:35 +0530, Rabin Vincent wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 17:37, Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@gmail.com> wrote:
> > +config KVMTOOL_TEST_ENABLE
> > + bool "Enable options to create a bootable tools/kvm/ kernel"
> > + select NET
> > + select NETDEVICES
> > + select PCI
> > + select BLK_DEV
> > + select NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
> > + select INET
> > + select EXPERIMENTAL
> > + select SERIAL_8250
> > + select SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE
> > + select IP_PNP
> > + select IP_PNP_DHCP
> > + select BINFMT_ELF
> > + select PCI_MSI
> > + select KGDB
> > + select KGDB_SERIAL_CONSOLE
> > + select VIRTIO
> > + select VIRTIO_RING
> > + select VIRTIO_PCI
> > + select VIRTIO_BLK
> > + select VIRTIO_CONSOLE
> > + select VIRTIO_NET
> > + select 9P_FS
> > + select NET_9P
> > + select NET_9P_VIRTIO
>
> This lot doesn't seem to be enough for me on next-20111025. I seem to
> have to also enable CONFIG_FB_VESA for the kernel to boot.
>
> Without CONFIG_FB_VESA, I just get:
>
> $ tools/kvm/kvm run --debug arch/x86/boot/bzImage --disk
> ~/kernel/linux-0.2.img
> # kvm run -k arch/x86/boot/bzImage -m 448 -c 4 --name guest-11466
> PPrroobbiinngg EEDDDD ((eedddd==ooffff ttoo ddiissaabbllee))...... ookk
> <no more output>

This is a kvm tools issue and should be fixed within kvm tools.

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Sasha.